{"id":1208,"date":"2019-12-11T20:24:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T20:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bccdcfound.wpengine.com\/whats-new\/shedding-light-on-stigma\/"},"modified":"2023-11-02T22:58:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T22:58:41","slug":"shedding-light-on-stigma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacificpublichealth.ca\/whats-new\/shedding-light-on-stigma\/","title":{"rendered":"Shedding Light on Stigma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over the past few months, we teamed up with LifeLabs <\/a>and Toward the Heart<\/a> to develop a campaign that sheds light on the impact that stigma has on people who use substances, and to really drive home one message: words matter<\/strong>.

People who use substances face stigma on a daily basis, and that stigma has dire consequences for their health. It manifests in different ways: many are turned away form hospitals and denied the care they need because of their history with addiction; they’re discriminated against when trying to access housing, work, or social services; they’re labeled as “junkies” and not treated as another human being; and at the bottom of it all, people are dying because of stigma. Stigma is so powerful that even in the context of an overdose crisis with a highly toxic supply, people are using alone and in unsafe ways which is leading to deaths across our country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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